English, being my mother language, is clearly understood. German, being my 3rd language, is also clearly understood. French, 5th language, the verb stumped me. (well, it would if it weren't for the other languages around it. lol) But, with the Japanese, my 4th language, I had alot of trouble. (again, I would if it weren't for the other languages present).

Of course, understand the sets of kanji (even though I cannot read it), as I have reｐlicated it here. After some careful looking-up of radicals, I have found all the kanji and their readings. But, can someone tell me why it is a combonation of 盗む (めすむ) meaning 'steal' and 用いる (もちいる) meaning 'use'. Is 'steal' not a verb here?

Also, I haven't seen a verb form like this before. What verb form is this and why?

I am by no means an expert, and I hope the real pros don't stone me for what I'm about to write...

But as I see it, 盗用 is a actually a noun, read とうよう and meaning "plagiarism" according to the online dictionary, so my guess is that they used the verb する to make it into a verb (like in 勉強をする)

I think the しないで is the negative gerund of する, which makes sense because with ください it builds the polite negative imperative - "please do not make plagiarism" would be the literal translation sorta, ne?

hehe, maybe a little overuse of the google language tools, and a little too much free time - stupid xmas holsbut out of interest did google translate the nihongo correctly

First of all, much thanks to saigon and zen for the help. I was up really late last night and it hadn't crossed my mind that it might not be a literal translation. Both of your explinations made alot of sense and helped out just as much. ^_^

<.< I really don't mean to stear this thread in a new direction, but did anyone else wonder why it wasn't written in Spanish?